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Question regarding EVGA's Step Up Program

nguyenpeter76

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Let's say I buy a 8600GTS for $140 from newegg. then i choose to step up within 90 days for a higher card which most likely will be the 8800gt's. how much would be deducted from the 8800gt's? $140 or the cost to of 8600gts at the time i choose to step up?

im thinking of doing this to wait till the gt's drop in price.

or is it better off to just get a 256mb 8800gt when it comes out? monitor resolutions are 1680x1050. looking at some charts i found in another thread it seems that the 256mb runs pretty good at 1680x1050 and down.

coming from a tnt2 32mb video card where i can only play starcraft, diablo, warcraft3 at lowest settings any card right now will be huge boost. im really aiming to get a card good for cod4 then going from there.

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